Introduction to the Law

44This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel.45These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt,46beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt. (Nu 21:24; De 1:4; De 3:29)(Nu 21:24; De 1:4; De 3:29)47And they took possession of his land and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan; (Nu 21:33; Nu 21:35; De 3:3)(Nu 21:33; Nu 21:35; De 3:3)48from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion[4] (that is, Hermon), (De 2:36; De 3:9)(De 2:36; De 3:9)49together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah. (De 3:17)(De 3:17)

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